Ketamine may reduce heavy drinkers’ craving
Source: BBC A one-off dose of ketamine may help heavy drinkers cut back on alcohol, an experimental trial by University College London suggests. When the sedative was used to disrupt […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Greater Detroit hosts interfaith Peace Symposium – A Report
Source: goodlifedetroit.com I walked out of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with a full heart of love and respect for people of different faiths. A couple of weeks ago, my friend Sabina invited me to a special event called “A Peace Symposium: Building Communities Across National, Cultural, and Religious Boundaries” at the Ahmadiyya […]
“Why I think every Londoner should visit their local mosque”, Sian Elvin
“A religion which teaches respect for parents and fulfilling the rights of one’s neighbours, a religion which teaches ‘there is no compulsion in religion’ and thus enshrines freedom of belief in its core, how can anyone say such a religion is at odds with Western culture? Source: mylondon.news Islamophobia Awareness […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslims open hearts & mosque to fire-affected communities
Source: jimboombatimes.com.au THE Ahmadiyya Muslim community have opened their hearts and Stockleigh mosque to people affected by the south-east Queensland bushfires. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services have lifted the state of emergency declaration in Logan but active fires continue to burn in the Scenic Rim. Meanwhile, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association community […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association West midlands help collect funds for Royal Star & Garter Charity
By Dr Abdul Salam, External Affair Wolverhampton The Royal Star & Garter charity provides loving, compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia. Ahmadiyya Muslim Association West midlands, with regional Qaid sahib taking lead on the 24th of November, 2019, organised a cohort of young and […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Wolverhampton joins Government lead “Park Run” program
By Dr Abdul Salam, External Affair Wolverhampton The MORNING Mini MARATHON “Park Run” is a government initiative to help people remain fit and healthy. It is free, weekly 5 km timed runs around the UK. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in. […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Wolverhampton reaches out to locals
Dr Abdul Salam, External Affair Wolverhampton Leafleting, this is a sub department within the Tabligh department; Dr Abdul Hakeem sahib helps covers the rota, as well as, taking part in countless hours of leaflet distribution. This month, Hakeem sahib initiated the “triple-ing” project which is leafletting from morning till evenings, […]
UK: Members from Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Wolverhampton visit Bishops Wood Village – A Report
By Dr Abdul Salam, External Affair Wolverhampton On the 24th of November, 2019, members from Wolverhampton Jamat sacrificed their sleep and Sunday to go where not many Jamat members have been, in order to build bridges and uniting faith groups. Bishops wood village is an extremely small and remote village; […]
Are the Scientists the Better Teachers for Several of the Attributes of God?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Charles Darwin did not make my list of heroes until after I was forty years old. Part […]
Netanyahu has fallen but his nefarious legacy will endure
Nov 26,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF One cannot but feel a sense of glee watching the dramatic fall from grace of Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister, Benjamin […]
Germany’s AfD plots new course with radicals on the rise
By AFP – Nov 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Germany’s far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party is choosing new leaders on Saturday in a vote shaped by an […]
Nobel winner Mahfouz lives on in Cairo’s alleyways
By AFP – Nov 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — The legacy of Islamic Cairo’s most famous son Naguib Mahfouz lives on in its winding lanes more than three decades […]
In Egypt, polygamy has its apologists and nemeses
Source: Arab weekly By Hassan Abdel Zaher is a Cairo-based contributor to The Arab Weekly. Cairo – Rania Hashem is seen as an enemy to many of Egypt’s married women. […]
The happy polygamist
This story was told to me during my stay in Afghanistan. see: https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/08/19/glimpses-into-the-life-of-a-global-nomad-part-four/comment-page-1/ One bus driver plying the route Kabul – Peshawar and back notice at the bus stop […]
A man had seizures after eating hot pot. Turns out he had tapeworms in his brain
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN)A 46-year-old construction worker in China suffering from seizures turned out to have tapeworms in his brain — suspected to be the result of eating undercooked meat. About a month ago, Zhu (a pseudonym for the patient), from Luzhou, in eastern Zhejiang province, bought pork and […]
Movie: Ramanujan: A Prophet of Mathematics Born in a Hindu Family
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈʃriːniˌvɑːsə rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] listen (help·info); 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2] was an Indianmathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost […]
We must not abandon the women and children of Isis in camps in Syria
Azadeh Moaveni The prospect of scoring political points at home should not trump considerations of humanity and fairness Wed 27 Nov 2019 The water in al-Hawl, the bleak camp in […]
Why Do We Remember Certain Things, But Forget Others?
Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. Science of Choice Why Do We Remember Certain Things, But Forget Others? The experience of emotion enhances our memories. Posted Oct 08, 2015 A normal function of […]
Op-Ed What do you want to do to the Ahmadis?
Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH November 25, 2019 It bears repeating again and again that when certain sections within the Muslim community tried to bring pressure to bear on the founder of […]
Three women named finalists for top human rights prize
By AFP – Nov 26,2019 – JORDAN TIMES GENEVA — A Yemeni lawyer who exposed secret prisons and torture, a Mexican champion fighting femicide and a South African women’s rights […]